Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare is a comedic play. In the play characters do things that are unusual. This is most likely where the title comes from. The twelfth night was the last night of Christmas where people used to dress up as others and act out of the ordinary. In the play a female character, Olivia, dresses up as a male. This and other out of the ordinary situations come up in the novel.
In act 1 scene 1 Orsino enters and states his love for Viola, a noble woman in Illyria. He refuses to hunt and orders musicians to entertain him while he thinks about his desire for Olivia. His servant Valentine reminds him that Olivia does not return his love or even listen to the messages he sends her. W find out that Olivia can not love because she in mourning for he brother who died abruptly. Olivia will be in mourning for 7 years. In act 1 scene 2 we find out that there has been a shipwreck just off the island of Illyria and a girl named Viola has been found but her brother, Sebastian has been lost in the storm. Viola than realizes that she needs to find a way to survive in a different land.
In act 2 scene 1 we meet two new characters. Antonio and Sebastian are their names. Antonio is the person who saved Sebastia
Act 4 brings out most of the lies that take place in the book. In Scene 1 Feste see Sebastian and tries to get him back to Olivia's house thinking it is Cesario. Sir Toby and Andrew than see him on the street and start a fight thinking it is Cesario. To stop a fight from starting Olivia comes out and stops it. She orders Sir Toby to put away his sword and sends away all the others. She than tells Cesario to go inside the house with her. Sebastian is confused since he does not know Olivia. Sebastian than says in line 59 "If it be thus to dream, still let me sleep!" In scene 3 of the same act Sebastian is wandering around the house trying to figure out why a beautiful woman is giving him gifts and wants to marry him. Not knowing what to do Sebastian wants to find Antonio and ask him for advice. Later in the scene Olivia shows up with a priest and asks Sebastian if they can get married. Sebastian agrees and they get married.
In the last act of the play Sebastian and Cesario are in the same house and do not know it. They cause a lot of problems for all the people who have mistaken them for a long time. Orsino accuses Cesario of stealing his money when Sebastian is the one with Orsinos money. Then Toby Andrew enters injured and says that Cesario has injured them. Oliv
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